English Dictionary

Rosetta Stone

固有名詞

広義

A large inscribed stone found near Rosetta, Egypt, in 1799, later used as a basis for understanding many previously undecipherable examples of hieroglyphic writing.

日本語の意味

エジプトのロゼッタ付近で1799年に発見された大きな刻文石。以前、解読が困難だったヒエログリフの文字の解明に基礎を提供した石碑。

The Rosetta Stone, housed in the British Museum, became the key that unlocked the mysteries of ancient Egyptian writing.

1799年にエジプトのロゼッタ近郊で発見され、後にかつて解読不能だった多くのヒエログリフの解読に役立った大きな碑文の刻まれた石は大英博物館に所蔵され、古代エジプトの文字の謎を解く鍵となった。

意味（1）

A large inscribed stone found near Rosetta, Egypt, in 1799, later used as a basis for understanding many previously undecipherable examples of hieroglyphic writing.

意味（2）

(by extension) Any source of information crucial to interpreting.

My friend’s carefully-compiled notebook was the Rosetta Stone that opened up understanding of the physics lectures.

the Rosetta Stone （ canonical ）